Inplant Offices - Modular Office Buildings
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What 
's Accumulating Conveyor Can Do For You
Many times it is necessary to accumulate a long line of boxes to be fed into a loading, sorting, strapping or palletizing operation. Accumulating conveyors provide the perfect solution for stopping points or wherever a line of boxes needs to be accumulated. Accumulating conveyors help to:
- Maintain flow control
- Manage merges & transfers
- Prevent product damage
- Queue product
- Control nonsynchronous operations
Many factors affect the proper operations of accumulating conveyors such as speed, box weight and box size. Zero pressure conveyors may be either mechanically, pneumatically or electronically operated. Electronically operated units have no minimum weight requirement and use no sensing rollers.
Two Types of Accumulating Conveyors
Zero Pressure
- Accumulates products with no products touching
- Uses various methods to completely remove all driven pressure in select zones on the conveyor
- Zones can vary in length according to the product being conveyed
Minimum Pressure
- Has enough drive to the tread rollers to move the package
- Amount of back pressure allows a minimum of 2% of the total live load on the conveyor
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| Key Indicators for Typical Configuration | ||||||
| Type | V-Belt Driven Minimum Pressure | V-Belt Driven Minimum Pressure Accumulation | Flat Belt Driven Minimum Pressure | Flat Belt Driven Zero Pressure | ||
| Ball Park Cost/Foot | $120 | $150 | $160 | $215 | ||
| Application | Light Duty | Medium Duty | Medium Duty | Medium Duty | ||
| Lead Time | 24 Hour | 1 Week | 24 Hour | 1 Week | 24 Hour | 1 Week |
| Specifications | ||||||
| Lengths | 5' Minimum, 100' Maximum (5' increments) | 10' Minimum, 100' Maximum (5' increments) | 10' Minimum, 100' Maximum (24' or 30' zone length increments) | |||
| Widths | 12", 15", 18", 24" | 16", 18", 20", 22", 24", 26", 28", 30", 34", 36", 40", 42" | 18", 24" | 18", 24" | ||
| Capacity | 50 lbs/ft. | 150 lbs/ft | 200 lbs/ft | 150 lbs/ft | ||
| Frame | Steel Roller Bed | Steel Roller Bed | Steel Roller Bed | Steel Roller Bed | ||
| Roller | 1-3/8" dia. | 1.9" dia. | 1.9" dia. | 1.9" dia. | ||
| Conveying Surface | Galvanized Steel Rollers | Galvanized Steel Rollers | Galvanized Steel Rollers | Galvanized Steel Rollers | ||
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| Floor Supports | Optional | Optional | Optional | Optional | ||
| Multi-Level Supports | Optional | Optional | Optional | Optional | ||
| Ceiling Supports | Optional | Optional | Optional | Optional | ||
| Guard Rails | Optional | Optional | Optional | Optional | ||
| Casters | Optional | Optional | Optional | - | ||
| End Stops | Optional | Optional | Optional | - | ||